Writer, visual storyteller & violinist

Hello. I’m Karen. When I’m not writing speculative fiction, I’m a freelance photographer and videographer. I spend a lot of time writing, and a lot of time behind a camera. Because of that, I often run into conversations about book trailers: how they’re too expensive, how they don’t work, how they’re so, so boring. But… Read More BOOK TRAILERS: What makes a good book trailer?

“An Equal Share of the Bone” came to me wholesale while I was doing research on whaling songs for an entirely different project. The title of the story is a lyric from “The Weary Whaling Grounds,” also known as “The Wings of a Goney,” and versions of it were likely sung by the whalers that… Read More NEW FICTION: “An Equal Share Of The Bone” at Escape Pod

These photos were taken at the dress rehearsal for Little Women, presented by Third Wall Productions in Baltimore, May 2017. The costumes were created by the House of Bankerd and will be available to community theater productions throughout the Baltimore area via the House of Bankerd’s Costume Library. Click through the Flickr gallery for some… Read More Little Women – Third Wall Productions – May 2017

It’s been six months since Viable Paradise XX. They told me it would be formative. They told me it would be influential. They told me I would learn things, and that I would have a good time, and that I would make friends. All of these things were true, in the way that “oh, I… Read More Viable Paradise XX

If you grew up in Baltimore and have Christmas traditions in your family, chances are one of them was a trip to the annual production of Babes in Toyland. The annual production benefits the children’s programs run by the Baltimore Actors’ Theatre, and many of the children act in the musical. The production is costumed by… Read More Babes In Toyland @ Goucher College

Take a video tour of the Orange County Library System’s fabulous new Orlando tech hub — see the video studio, audio studio, and fab lab, and find out what it’s like to work on your dreams in a collaborative atmosphere.